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[quote=Anonymous]This is the 3rd year my kids have been assigned hub stops for their elementary option school and I am dismayed that they ask kids as young as Pre-K to cross so many major roads to get to the stops.  I have sent countless emails to the school, school board, transportation department and superintendent, and nothing has changed.  I have had Zoom meetings with the transportation head and one APS school board member.  What else can I do?  The form response the country transportation department is that parents have to "partner" with the school to get our children to the stops safely, but by 4th or 5th grade, kids should be able to walk safely to their bus stop (without having to cross major roads without assistance from a crossing guard).  There is no way I'd allow my older children to walk without me across these dangerous streets, and I know I am not alone.  There are kids are assigned hub stops requiring them to cross Wilson, Columbia Pike, George Mason - even Arlington Blvd.

Last year, it was an 18 minute walk for my 1st, 4th and 5th grader to get to the hub stops.  We had to cross Quincy and Washington Blvd.
This year, they moved us to Glebe Elementary, which means we are crossing Glebe Road.  There is no crossing guard to help us safely cross Glebe Road, like there is when the Glebe students walk to school.  To boot, the parents mill around Glebe ES in the afternoon waiting for our own children's bus to arrive; often while Glebe kindergarten kids are having class outside on nice days.  How is this not a huge safety and security concern for Glebe admins, teachers and parents?

The number of parents who have given up on the buses and are driving their kids to the school is staggering - which leads way more traffic/accidents, angry neighbors and general chaos.  If the stops were placed in safe, more accessible locations, so many of these issues would be solved.

Reaching out here to see if anyone has constructive suggestions that I could try to shed light on the danger involved with the current model, and to see if other option school families would chime in to share their experiences.

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